Team dynamics in student programming projects

Scott, Tony; Tichenor, Lee H.; Bisland, Ralph B.; Cross, James H.

doi:10.1145/191029.191076

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“…These moral issues relate to individual students' acts and behaviour in the group. From the instructor's viewpoint assigning meaningful grades is ethically difficult [Scott et al 1994]. For example, whom should the instructor believe when a student or a team complains that another student or team is not doing its share of the work?…”

Section: The Teacher's Moral Ethosmentioning

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Moral Conflicts in Teaching Project Work: A Job Burdened by Role Strains

Vartiainen

2007

CAIS

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This case study concerns moral conflicts identified by instructors on a project course in information systems education. Students on the course in question are expected to acquire project-work skills through implementing a project task for a real-life client. Data about moral conflicts was gathered by means of participant observation and interviews, and a phenomenographical approach was taken in the analysis. Six types of moral conflicts were identified, reflecting two aspects of the phenomenon. The first relates to conflicts involving outside parties and task-related and human issues and the second to deliberation about performing morally wrong acts or upholding relations. The core problem area in the instructor's work became visible in the form of inherent role strains and the need to react to conflicting expectations from all parties. The underlying source of the strains was the clash between the objectives of the clients and the learning aspect promoted by the university. This and three other types of strain made the instructor's work mentally demanding and morally challenging. Recommendations for dealing with these moral conflicts and role strains are given. Finally, the study is evaluated against the principles laid down for interpretive research.

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Section: The Teacher's Moral Ethosmentioning

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“…This kind of collaboration benefits industry by producing results and opening up contacts with students-who are possible future employees. However, project courses are recognised as complex to manage and demanding for teachers [Moses et al 2000] -and for teachers there are moral issues 1 to deal with [Fielden 1999;Scott et al 1994]. For…”

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Moral Conflicts in Teaching Project Work: A Job Burdened by Role Strains

Vartiainen

2007

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“…From the instructor's viewpoint, assigning meaningful grades is ethically difficult [30]. For example, whom should the instructor believe when a student or a team complains that another student or team is not doing its share of the work, or if a student complains that he or she would have been much more successful than the other students in accomplishing the project objectives?…”

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“…This kind of collaboration benefits industry by producing results and opening up contacts to students -who are possible future employees. Experiences from project courses show that there are ethical issues to deal with [8,30], but there are no in-depth studies about moral conflicts in IT projects in academia or in practice. This study aims to fill this gap by determining what students enrolled in a project course in information systems (IS) education perceive as moral conflicts.…”

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Moral conflicts perceived by students of a project course

Vartiainen¹

2006

Proceedings of the 6th Baltic Sea Conference on Computing Education Research: Koli Calling 2006

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Regardless of the popularity of project courses in computing curricula, little is researched on moral issues in these courses. The aim of this study was to increase understanding in this area by determining what students on a project course in information systems (IS) perceived as moral conflicts. Data was gathered from diaries, drawings, interviews and questionnaires, and the analysis was inspired by phenomenography. The results show that the hardest moral conflicts were confronted when a student acted in a project manager's role, and that many originated in problems related to the group process. A two-dimensional structure of moral conflicts was found. The results are considered in the light of the existing literature, and implications for research and practice are presented.

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“…Despite this debate on best practices to support the diverse nature of teams, Scott et al (1994) state that no single selection method is the best and that the selection criteria depend on the specific course, the demands placed on students and lecturers, the length of the course and the ability of the students involved.…”

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Effectiveness of Self-selected Teams: A Systems Development Project Experience

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Pollock²

2006

IISIT

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The third year systems development group project forms an essential part of the Information Systems major at the University of Cape Town. The field of Information Technology / Information Systems requires the maintenance or development of large information systems which often involves complex tasks. As effective teams are at the core of high performance organizations exposure to teamwork is important in the preparation of students for the real world environment. To ensure high quality products and limit high failure rates of projects, teams should be carefully selected. This paper explores existing team selection approaches and discusses the mechanisms put in place in the systems development group project with the emphasis on self-selected teams as a sound base for team formation. It further reports on the incorporation of the criteria defining effectiveness and effective teams into the course to prepare individual members for the rigours of industry.

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Team dynamics in student programming projects

Cited by 16 publications

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Moral Conflicts in Teaching Project Work: A Job Burdened by Role Strains

Moral Conflicts in Teaching Project Work: A Job Burdened by Role Strains

Moral conflicts perceived by students of a project course

Effectiveness of Self-selected Teams: A Systems Development Project Experience

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